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Social assistance scheme for Luxembourg's freelance artists

Where
Luxembourg
Type of institution
National Government
Categories
  • Direct support for artists and cultural professionals
    • Social benefits
  • Support for sectors of the cultural and creative industries
    • Compensation for business interruption losses
Type of measure
Emergency response
Date
April 2020

On 3 April  2020,  the  Government  set up a temporary aid system for businesses in financial difficulty and introduced a social assistance scheme for freelance professional artists and entertainment industry workers in exceptional cases such as acts of terrorism or epidemics.The scheme allows qualifying  persons  to  be  paid  monthly  social assistance up to the level of minimum wage, on condition that their difficulties stem from an exceptional event. It also  guarantees  additional daily subsistence payments, on condition that the exceptional event prevents the entertainment worker from providing their services as determined by law (examples include the cancellation of exhibitions or concerts, or the cancellation or postponement of film productions or live shows).

 

(More information: Law 3 April 2020) – in French only

Goal(s) of UNESCO's 2005 Convention
Area(s) of Monitoring
Sustainable systems of governance for culture
Cultural and creative sectors
Human rights and fundamental freedoms
Artistic freedom
Cultural Domain(s)
Cinema/ Audiovisual Arts
Design
Media Arts
Music
Performing Arts
Publishing
Visual Arts